Filling device for glasses.



No. 803,879. PATENTBD NOV. 7, 1905. J. F. GHRISTIN.

FILLING DEVICE FOR GLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.28, 1904.

If/ r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FILLING DEVICE FOR GLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '7, 1905.

Application filed December 28, 1904. Serial No. 238,671.

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN F. Cnnrs'rnv, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Filling Devices forGlasses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide 'an adjustable support andsealing-head for use in drawing carbonated beverages into glasses bywhich it will be possible to retain the entire charge of the beverageuntil it is desired to hand the glass to the consumer. When carbonatedbeverages are drawn directly into an open glass or cup, about onehalf ofthe charge is lost by reason of the impact of the carbonated beverage inthe glass and by the foaming of the beverage as it is being drawn off,which loss of gas greatly impairs the quality of the beverage andrenders it flat and insipid before it can be drunk. By drawing thecarbonated 'liquid into a glass which is tightly sealed against theescape of the charge the entire amount of gas is retained and thequality of the beverage unimpaired, and by providing means for quicklydisengaging the glass from the sealing-head the beverage may be consumedbefore it has had time to lose any appreciable amount of its charge,thereby preserving the quality of the liquid in its original condition.

The device of the present invention relates to means for compressing therim of the glass against the sealing-head and to means for arranging andmounting the sealing-head; and the invention finally consists in thefeatures 'of construction and combination of.

parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevationof a draft-faucet having the sealing-head and adjustable support securedthereto; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the sealing-head and adjustablesupport Fig. 3, a sectional view of the sealing-head; and Fig. 4 a view,partly in section, of the lower end of the bracket.

The device, as shown, is secured to a drafttube 1, having a valve 2 ofthe usual construction, to the forward end of which valve is secured anelbow 3, having interior screwthreads 4 for securement to the valve, andsaid elbow is provided with a depending portion 5, having therein anair-chamber 6, separated from the screw-threaded portion of the elbow bymeans of a cross-Wall 7, through which wall is inserted an L-shapedliquidpipe 8 for the discharge of the carbonated beverage into a glass.At the lower end of the elbow is a disk-shaped head 9, having around itslower edge a rim or flange 10 and having a screw-threaded flange or ring11 around its inner edge, leaving an annular recess 12 for the insertionthereinto of a flat sealing-ring 13, adapted to be contacted by the rimof a glass 13" when in use. The sealing-ring is held in place by meansof a bushing 14, which is screw-threaded onto the flange or ring 1 1 andby means of an exterior ring or collar 15, provided with aninwardlyextending lip 16, adapted to contact the outer rim of thesealing-ring, which exterior ring or collar is screw-threaded onto theedge of the disk-shaped head 9, as shown in Fig. 3.

The depending portion of the elbow has laterally projecting therefromrigid studs 17, from which depend side arms 18, which are rigidlysecured to the studs and are spaced a sufficient distance to depend onopposite sides of the'disk-shaped head, as shown in Fig. 2. The arms areof suitable length to allow glasses of ordinary size to be placedbeneath the sealing-head, and each of the arms is provided at its lowerend with screw-threads 19, and between the screw-threaded portions eXtends a supporting cross rod 20, having smooth openings 21 for thepassage therethrough of the screw-threaded portions of the side arms,and the supporting cross-rod, as shown, consists of sections 22 and 23,the former being provided with a screw-threaded stud 24 and the latterwith a corresponding recess 25, which allows the two sections to besecured together, as shown in Fig. 4, after the stud has been passedthrough a cam 26, which cam is pivoted on the stud portion of thesection 22, which arrangement permits the cam to be swung back and forthand prevents its lateral displacement by reason of the less diameter ofthe stud, which leaves a pair of shoulders at opposite sides of the cam.The cam is provided with an operating-lever 27, which adapts it for easymanipulation, and the cam is intended to bear against a circularplatform or base 28, provided with depending ears 29, from which projectarms 30, which terminate in' slidable collars 31,

In'use the operating-lever is thrown down' to move the cam into positionto allow the supporting base or platform to descend into the positionshown in Fig. 2, after which the lass to be filled is positioned on theplatform and the operating-lever thrown up into the position shown inFig. 1, which carries up the platform and glass and forces the rim ofthe latter against the rubber packing, thereby sealing the glasspreparatory to the discharge of carbonated beverage, mineral water, orsimilar liquid. As the liquid is discharged into the glass the aircontained therein will pass up into the air-chamber 6, which has asufficient capacity to allow the air to be compressed thereinto, andafter the glass has been filled with beverage the operating-arm isthrown down, which breaks the seal and allows the glass to be deliveredto the consumer within a very few seconds after the seal has beenbroken, thereby retaining practically all of the gas within thebeverage, which allows a drink to be served to the consumer greatlysuperior to that ordinarily handed out.

The method of making and breaking the seal can be performed veryquickly, so that practically no time is lost after the seal has beenbroken before the beverage is ready for consumption. The method offorming the bracket which supports the platform is extremely simple andat the same time rigid and serviceable. The nuts 33 enable the normal ordepressed position of the platform to be adjusted from time to time whennecessary to accommodate glasses of unusual dimensions. It will be seenfrom the foregoing description that the invention is one which has agreat field of usefulness and at the same time is extremely simple inconstruction and easy of operation.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In filling devices for glasses, the combination of a faucet providedin its end with an air-chamber open at its lower end and closed againstthe escape of air elsewhere, a flat sealing-head outwardly projectingfrom the fancet, a sealing-ring secured to the under face of the fiathead and surrounding the open mouth of the air-chamber, arms rigidlysecured to and depending from the studs, a filling-tube passing throughthe air-chamber in the faucet, a platform slidably mounted between thearms, a cross-rod extending between the arms, a cam pivoted thereto andadapted to abut against the platform, and a lever for operating the camthe air-chamber having a sufficient capacity to allow the air driven outfrom the glass to be compressed into the chamber, substantially asdescribed.

2. In filling devices for glasses, the combination of a faucet providedin its end with an air-chamber open at its lower end and closed againstthe escape of air elsewhere, a flat sealing-head outwardly projectingfrom the faucet, a sealing-ring secured to the under face of the fiathead and surrounding the open mouth of the air-chamber, arms rigidlysecured to and depending from the studs, a filling-tube passing throughthe air-chamber in the faucet, a platform slidably mounted between thearms, and means for raising and lowering the platform to bring the rimof a glass into contact with the sealing-ring, the air-chamber having asufficient capacity to allow the air driven out from the glass to becompressed into the chamber substantially as described.

3. In filling devices for glasses, the combination of an L-shaped faucetprovided in its vertical section with an air-chamber open at its lowerend and having a sufficient capacity to allow the air driven out fromthe glass to be compressed into the chamber, a filling-tube passingthrough the air-chamber, a fiat sealing-head secured to the faucet nearits end and provided in its under face with a recess, a sealing-ringentered into the recess and surrounding the open mouth of the airchamber, an inner bushing adapted to bear against the inner rim of thering, an outer collar provided with a lip to bear against the outer rimof the ring, studs outwardly projecting from the faucet, arms rigidlysecured to and depending from the studs and screwthreaded at their lowerends, a platform provided with arms terminating in collars slidablymounted on the depending arms, a cross-rod adjustably mounted on thescrew threaded ends of the depending arms, nuts for vertically adjustingthe cross-rod, a cam pivoted on the cross-rod and adapted to bearagainst the under face of the platform, and a lever for moving the cam,substantially as described.

4. In filling devices for glasses, the combination of a faucet havingsecured thereto a sealing-head and having a filling-tube passingtherethrough, a sealing-ring secured to the under face of thesealing-head, studs outwardly projecting from the faucet, arms dependingfrom the studs and screw-threaded at their lower ends, inwardlyprojecting arms slidably mounted on the side arms and connected at theirinner ends by a platform, a supporting cross-bar formed in two secarecess and the other with a stud entered thereinto, leaving a connectingportion of depending side arms for regulating the posiless diameter thanthe remainder of the section of the supporting cross-bar, substantiallyI tional gar, a cam pivotally moianted on thg as described. reduceconnecting portion an positione 5 between the remaining portions ofenlarged JOHN CHRISTIN diameter and adapted to abut against theWitnesses: platform for raising the same, and nuts en- SAMUEL W.BANNING, tered onto the screw-threaded ends of the WALKER BANNING.

